Phil,
You don't say which way you need to gain an eighth of an inch. Does the door
still need to come inboard 1/8 to latch properly, or what?
If so, the striker must still be sitting proud of it's original position.
Don't be too tempted to hack away at the hole through the aluminum trim
plate. You don't have much margin for error before the enlarged hole will be
able to be seen. If you can't gain the distance by carefully enlarging the
hole, the angle of the inner flange of the aluminum might not be
perpendicular enough. Try carefully reforming that to a more acute angle.
This of course will allow the striker mounting hole to move a bit inboard
and might be enough to do the trick.
If all this is still not enough, you can cheat on this latch positioning by
shimming the 4 screws mounting the latch assembly inside the door.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip S. Anson" <pansonm1@maine.rr.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 5:54 PM
Subject: door fitting help needed
> Listers - my BT7 passenger door closed very nicely before I replaced the
> aluminum trim - now I need to gain about an eighth of an inch. After
> going
> through all of my books, old e-mails, and tons of photos, I can't find
> anything on door adjustments. These doors fit perfectly before all the
> bodywork was done, and none of the body/frame work involved changes to the
> door mounting location. What's my next move? Do I need to trailer it
> back
> to the bodyshop, or is there an easier way to gain the space I need to get
> the door to close?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance, as always.
>
>
>
> Phil Anson
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